DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,643

DISETRONIC STERILE PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED FROM SEASIDE ASSOCIATES
AND ADECCO STAFFING
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 20, 2010 filed by a company official on
behalf of workers of Disetronic Sterile Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Portsmouth,
New Hampshire. The workers at the firm were engaged in
production of infusion sets for insulin delivery. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Seaside Associates
and Adecco Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Disetronic
Sterile Products, who were engaged in production of infusion
sets, meets the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Disetronic Sterile
Products has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the infusion sets produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
articles from a foreign country contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Portsmouth, New Hampshire
facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Disetronic Sterile Products, Inc.,
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who were engaged in employment
related to production of infusion sets, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Disetronic Sterile Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Seaside Associates and Adecco
Staffing, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
16, 2009, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of October, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
_______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance